12.28.2009

Hi, I'm guest blogger today for Grandma. She is busy with design work again so I'll be filling in for her today. I hope you all had a great Christmas filled with peace, love & family.

This was my 2nd Christmas and it was pretty fun! I don't remember too much about my first Christmas, but Grandma says my jammies had reindeer's on the feet & I slept right through Christmas...how silly is that!??!!

I got my 1st hair cut just in time for Santa...what do you think? Do you like it? I used some of Daddy's hair goo to make it stand up like that...fun stuff! I hope my teddy bear hat doesn't mess it up...

I played some of my favorite songs on Grandma's piano...Christmas carols of course!Jingle Bells is my favorite song... Everybody clapped when I was done playing Jingle Bells...so I thought I'd clapped too!

I have jammies just for Christmas...

they are warm & fuzzy

and keep my toes extra nice and cozy.

It's bedtime...

time to brush my teeth.

Tomorrow's a big big day as Santa comes tonight.

I've got the "paci" in place...

night night time!

SANTA CAME!

It was a big test of my patience, as I had to wait all day until we got to open our presents. Grandma fixed a meal of tenderloin, Rosemary Cream Potatoes (yummy...I loved them), Green Bean Bundles, and other goodies too. After dinner we passed out the gifts & Grandpa started a fire.

It was almost my bedtime, but I got to stay up late to see what Santa brought.

Hmmm...that box is bigger then me...what can it be? I bet that was a struggle getting that box down the chimney...Santa is awesome!

Did I mention it was bedtime? I tend to carry my "blankie" around when I'm tired...

12.17.2009

to crash & burn! The elves at Country Stitches have been busy filling your orders and are ready for a long winter's nap. Except for one elf I know...that elf has lots & lots of things to get done at home before Christmas...yikes!

With just a few more orders to fill tomorrow, the order clipboard should be empty...YIPPPEEEEE....hasn't been like that for a year!

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Country Stitches will be closed from December 18th through January 3rd. You are welcome to shop online during this time, but orders will not ship until we return on the 4th. It is at that time we will begin filling the orders in the order they were received.We'd like to thank all of our great customers for their patronage, it is truly appreciated & we enjoy serving you.Looking forward to serving you in 2010,Brenda Gervais

12.12.2009

Please note that Country Stitches will be closed from December 19th through January 3rd, so that I can prepare for and enjoy time with visiting family members. Orders placed during this time will not ship until the week of January 4th.

Hurry...there are just a few hours left to our free online shipping offer...ends today at 10:00 pm CST.

12.10.2009

my darling husband is out of town and left me with a snow blower, but no gas/oil mix to run the creature....thanks dear! In all honesty, not sure if I'd know how to start the darn thing anyway...shhhhh, don't tell anyone.

I'd go out and do it the old fashioned way, but am just getting over this cold crud and the energy level isn't quite back yet. The air is cold, cold & more cold and am telling myself I shouldn't be breathing it in...yes,call me a pansy!!!

Soooooo.....if you've been trying to phone us, there is no one there to take your call. Sorry I'll be there just as soon as I get dug out.

I have a call into the snow removal people and hopefully am moving up the list of waiting people as I type.

12.09.2009

Enjoy free shipping at www.countrystitchesonline.comfrom now until December 12th! Free shipping offer ends at 10:00 pm CST on the 12th. Offer applies to domestic orders only on in stock items. International orders placed during this time will be billed for actual shipping costs via PayPal.

Give a gift of creativity this year...remember patterns, books & notions make great gifts for that special someone.

12.08.2009

The winter storm has hit NW Iowa so I closed up shop early today and headed home. After several tries, I did make it up my driveway...it is getting deep out there! Darling husband is out of town on business & am going to have to make friends with the snowblower if I want to get out once the storm passes...uggghhhhh!!!

As for today, I guess I'll spend the rest of the afternoon in front of my computer sipping green tea & honey (cures everything, right?) and uploading new patterns onto our website...should have them all done by this evening.

I am currently stitching the "Merry Christmas" pinkeep (pictured below) for myself, have just the sleigh left to do...this little chart works up very quickly! A wonderfully prim design by Pineberry Lane.

See the above cross stitch pattern amongst many other new ones under our "PATTERNS BY OTHERS" category.

It sounds like we are going to be snowed in tomorrow with blizzard~like conditions expected...hoping to finish the Merry Christmas pinkeep and tuck it in amongst some fresh picked greens.

12.07.2009

...thanks to my dear husband who spent his Sunday afternoon putting out the Christmas lights rather then watching football...what a guy!

I've been under the weather this past week with a nasty head cold...yuck! I do feel like I'm starting to turn the corner though...it's 9:30 pm and I'm still awake! Whatever germ I had it sure wiped the energy out of me. With that said, it doesn't look like Christmas on the inside of my house. The pretty twinkly lights on the outside has me thinking perhaps tomorrow evening I'll begin on the inside of the house. The tree is in the stand, doing the relaxing it's branches thing...that too needs to be done. Eeeekkkkkk....Christmas is quickly approaching & I am so not ready! I need to get busy busy...no time to be sick.

The weather outside is looking very Christmas-like, with 11" of snow predicted for tomorrow into Wednesday.

We received cross stitch patterns in the mail today from Stacy Nash Primitives & Pineberry Lane....they are wonderful! I have lots of scanning and uploading of these pattern covers, but watch for these pattern additions to our website in the next few days!

Also, please remember that orders need to be placed by December 15th to guarantee delivery for Christmas (this applies to in stock items only). Plan ahead & shop early!

J.M. Gardner 1888 - antique reproduction

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